What… the Hell!
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“My lord! My lord! Please calm down! Xiao Wu only lost her head for a moment —”
However, Lady Wang was baffled by what she saw.
This wasn’t what she had in mind!
Feng Wu sat in a chair with one sleeve rolled up to her elbow. Qiuling was crouched down by her side and applying a purple potion to Feng Wu’s fair wrist.
The potion was too dark for them to make out the wound, but judging from Feng Wu’s teary eyes, it looked rather painful.
Feng Wu wasn’t the only one in the room. Her mother and Granny Zhao were also there.
The beautiful lady cried with Feng Wu. Holding Feng Wu’s hand, she sobbed, “Xiao Wu… sob … My poor Xiao Wu… why is this happening…”
What… the hell was this?!
Lady Wang was completely at a loss!
What happened to fornication? And what about that man Feng Wu was supposed to be sleeping with? Where was he?!
Lady Wang felt as if a bucket of cold water had been dumped over her head and she was chilled to the bone.
She stole a glance at Feng Yanfeng, whose face was livid and the look in his eyes indecipherable…
He couldn’t keep his eyes off Feng Wu’s beautiful mother.
Lady Wang felt like she was going to lose her mind!
Rage rushed through her and she suddenly had the urge to rip off Feng Wu’s and the beautiful lady’s faces!
Feng Wu looked up at Feng Yanfeng with her innocent eyes. “Uncle, why are you here?”
Feng Yanfeng was finally able to shift his gaze away from his sister-in-law. Looking into Feng Wu’s innocent, teary eyes, he was utterly embarrassed.
Carried away by that maid’s words, he was here to catch Feng Wu in the act…
Feng Wu blinked at Feng Yanfeng. “Uncle, did you hear about my injury and came all the way here to visit me?”
“Yes! That’s right!” Feng Yanfeng snapped out of his trance and looked like what a gracious uncle should. “Xiao Wu, a maid told me about your wounded hand this morning. How are you doing? Does it hurt?”
Feng Wu nodded weakly at Feng Yanfeng’s phoney cordiality. “It hurts…”
Feng Yanfeng didn’t know what to say after that.
Feng Wu then smiled through her tears. “But I’m so touched. Uncle, I see that you broke my door because you’re worried about me so much. My burnt wrist feels much better now.”
Feng Yanfeng rubbed his nose. Of course he couldn’t admit that he had broken her door because he was so eager to catch the imaginary man! He could only smile and try to make up for it. “Xiao Wu, you’ve just come back and I know you’re short of a lot of necessities. I’ll tell your aunt to help you with them. She’ll make sure you and your widowed mum live here comfortably.”
Widowed mum? Feng Wu pondered over the expression. Her father was only missing and no one was sure what had happened to him… Was her uncle so eager to come to that conclusion?
Feng Wu found those words highly suspicious. However, she still smiled at Feng Yanfeng. “Uncle, you’re so nice to us. I don’t know how we’re going to survive without your help… We left Northern Border City with a lot of belongings, but we ran into some bandits on the way here and we narrowly escaped death. But our luggage was —”
The beautiful lady was reminded of all the clothes and jewelry she had lost during the journey… and she wept. She looked as pretty as pear blossoms bathed in the rain, and one felt like throwing their arms around her to comfort her.
Quickly —
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Feng Yanfeng couldn’t peel his eyes away from the beautiful lady, whose crying had evoked a desire inside him to protect her. With a wave of his hand, he said, “I’ll have your aunt send you 5000 taels of silver later so that you can get everything you need to live comfortably.”
5000 taels of silver?!
That almost gave Lady Wang a heart attack!
The idle Lord Feng obviously had zero idea of the costs of running a household. 5000 silver taels was enough to sustain the entire clan for two months!
“My lord…” Lady Wang was going to interfere, when Feng Yanfeng darted a cold, harsh glance at her, which chilled Lady Wang to the bone!
Lady Wang’s stomach lurched and she couldn’t utter a word.
She couldn’t believe this… Why hadn’t the Spring Breeze Powder worked? Lady Wang darted a questioning look at Granny Gui, asking the latter with her eyes if she had really buried the stuff there.
Granny Gui was sick with anxiety! Of course she had! She had done it herself and she made sure that it was where it should be!
Just then, someone cried out outside!
“There! There’s a man! He’s getting away!”
Ruyue, who had tagged along, almost fainted from what was going on. When no one was looking, she quietly backed out of the room and tried to sneak off.
For if she didn’t, she wouldn’t live to see another sunrise!
Lady Wang would get rid of her to tie up the loose ends and the master would want her dead for delivering false information!
Ruyue was going to flee, when she saw a figure dash out of Fallen Star Yard and run away quickly, but not quickly enough to avoid detection!
Lady Wang turned around just in time to spot that figure!
“A man! There really was a man hiding in Fallen Star Yard!” Exasperated, Lady Wang grabbed Feng Yanfeng and dragged him along with her!
Feng Yanfeng saw no such figure and didn’t want to leave. However, Lady Wang was very certain of herself. “Quickly! We’ll know what’s going on when we catch the guy and interrogate him! Quickly —”
Feng Yanfeng had come with some guards, who were all waiting for Feng Yanfeng’s instructions.
They would follow only their master’s command.
Feng Yanfeng hesitated. That figure indeed looked suspicious. Was Feng Wu really having inappropriate relations with a man? Or could it have been his sister-in-law… Feng Yanfeng lost his composure at that thought.
“Maybe he’s a thief. Catch him!” After that, Feng Yanfeng dashed off, leading the way.
Lady Wang was set on ruining Feng Wu’s reputation this morning, and she had brought quite a few people with her. Right now, every single one of them followed Feng Yanfeng and Lady Wang out.
Fallen Star Yard, which had been boisterous only a moment ago, grew very quiet.
“Miss…” Qiuling turned to Feng Wu, looking worried.
No one but Feng Wu knew the role Yu Mingye played here and everyone became very concerned.
The beautiful lady was the only exception. She was still holding Feng Wu’s arm and weeping nonstop.
Feng Wu was speechless.
Her mother was the only one here that thought Feng Wu’s wrist had really been burnt.
Feng Wu turned her attention back to Qiuling.
“It’s finally getting interesting.” Feng Wu smiled confidently. “We shouldn’t miss out on the fun.”
With that, Feng Wu rose to her feet and asked the others, “Anyone interested? Follow me if you are.”
Granny Zhao smiled mildly. “Qiuling, go with Miss Wu. I’ll stay here with my lady.”
“But —”